Simple Pleasures: Adventures are to be Seen – All Aboard!

Simple Pleasures: Adventures are to be Seen – All Aboard!

“Trains are wonderful…. To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.”— Agatha Christie

Elliott Erwitt, Wyoming, 1954
Elliott Erwitt, Wyoming, 1954, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Berenice Abbott, Pennsylvania Station Interior
Berenice Abbott, Pennsylvania Station Interior, 1936, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Harry Benson, Paul McCartney, The Set of A Hard Day's Night, London
Harry Benson, Paul McCartney, The Set of A Hard Day’s Night, London, 1964, Archival Pigment Photograph
Jim Lee, Steam Train
Jim Lee, Steam Train, 1970, Archival Pigment Photograph
Louis Stettner, Dining Car Penn. Station
Louis Stettner, Dining Car Penn. Station, 1958, Silver Gelatin Photograph
David Yarrow, The Girl on the Train
David Yarrow, The Girl on the Train, 2020, Archival Pigment Photograph
Karl Struss, Pennsylvania Station, New York
Karl Struss, Pennsylvania Station, New York, 1911, Platinum Photograph
O. Winston Link, Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957
O. Winston Link, Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Sebastião Salgado, Church Gate Station Western Railroad Line Bombay India
Sebastião Salgado, Church Gate Station Western Railroad Line Bombay India, 1995, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Bill Brandt, Halifax, Yorkshire
Bill Brandt, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1937, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Robert Farber, Kiss on the Train
Robert Farber, Kiss on the Train, 1983, Archival Pigment Photograph
Howard Sochurek, Refugees Scrambling Onto Train
Howard Sochurek, Refugees Scrambling Onto Train, 1954, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
Sabine Weiss, Gare St. Lazare, Paris
Sabine Weiss, Gare St. Lazare, Paris, 1954, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Michael Massaia, Ditch Light, Grand Central Station Project, 2 AM Corridor
Michael Massaia, Ditch Light, Grand Central Station Project, 2 AM Corridor, 2016, Selenium Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph
Louis Stettner, Penn. Station
Louis Stettner, Penn. Station, 1954, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Bernard Faucon, Le Depart, Les Grandes Vacances
Bernard Faucon, Le Depart, Les Grandes Vacances, 1978, Fresson Photograph
Brett Weston, Untitled (Train Overpass, New York)
Brett Weston, Untitled (Train Overpass, New York), 1943, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Lillian Bassman, More Fashion Mileage Per Dress, Barbara Vaughn, Harper's Bazaar, New York
Lillian Bassman, More Fashion Mileage Per Dress, Barbara Vaughn, Harper’s Bazaar, New York, 1956, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Simple Pleasures is an ongoing series curated by Holden Luntz Gallery, presenting a selection of our favorite pictures organized thematically.

We hope you find these photographs as a gentle reminder that there are always simple pleasures to be found.